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=== The [[API_getglobal|getglobal]]() function === | === The [[API_getglobal|getglobal]]() function === | ||
==== NOTE AS OF PATCH 4.0.1 getlobal() is depreciated and won't work for WOW addons. Use the _G global table methods discussed in the next section. [Also applies to setglobal()] | |||
A function provided by the Lua language is [[API_getglobal|getglobal]](). It does precisely what its name states -- it retrieves a global variable and returns it. To use this function, you pass in a string representation of its name: | A function provided by the Lua language is [[API_getglobal|getglobal]](). It does precisely what its name states -- it retrieves a global variable and returns it. To use this function, you pass in a string representation of its name: | ||